ic: post wolf threading

[fourthsaken]

[a few hours after a wolf attack and some healing by wizardry, Hanna Cross is getting a text message]

Hanna, could you come over?

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[crisscrossing]

That... is not encouraging!

[fourthsaken]

I know, I know. Just... Sit down first?

[gestures to the couch]

[crisscrossing]

[glances back at the door, then sits on the arm of the couch, studying her face]

[fourthsaken]

[takes a deep breath, looking down at her hands and avoiding eye contact]

I... I kinda got attacked by these, uh, shadow wolf things.

[crisscrossing]

—Waitwhat, outside? Just now? Are you okay?

[fourthsaken]

Uh, in the library. A couple hours ago. And yeah, I'm fine. Ronan did his wizard healing thing.

[crisscrossing]

...

[fourthsaken]

... Are you freaking out? I told you not to freak out.

[crisscrossing]

[getting up and heading to a window so he can peer outside]

Have you heard from anyone else?

[fourthsaken]

[shakes her head, pulling her knees up to her chest and resting her chin on her knees]

... No. I called Ronan after they left and... He teleported me right back here.

[crisscrossing]

You're sure they were shadows?

[fourthsaken]

... I think so. There were two, they were running toward me from around the bookshelves, so I ran to hide behind one of the chairs. Another wolf formed there.

[crisscrossing]

[frowns, forehead still pressed up against the window]

Corporeal, though?

[fourthsaken]

Oh, yeah. They scratched me up. Charged me into a bookcase.

[crisscrossing]

—Shit, seriously?

[fourthsaken]

[nods]

I told you Ronan healed me, right? If he hadn't... It'd be bad.

[crisscrossing]

Yeah, but—

[fourthsaken]

... What?

[crisscrossing]

... You said that was hours ago.

[fourthsaken]

Yeah. So?

[crisscrossing]

[opens his mouth to say something, then shrugs weakly and sits back down on the arm of the couch, jiggling one leg]

[fourthsaken]

... I would've called you sooner, but I didn't wanna freak you out. I... I needed to calm down.

[crisscrossing]

Right yeah I mean as long as you're healed up, that's what really matters! Annnnd now I know what went down so I can check it out later, but—are you gonna be okay? Like, okay-okay?

[fourthsaken]

I dunno. Which is, uh, why I called you?

[crisscrossing]

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